Only white I see in my area being worn is by the local LPN and RN nursing students for clinicals. I actually am proud of my hat and would be proud to wear it, but have been told it is an infection control issue. I try to wear color whenever possible besides navy blue (our RN required uniform color). I do understand how hard it is to get stains out of white though! Working in the ER i would probably go nuts keeping my whites white!